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Writing to me is nights on the back porch; it is recollecting another world or creating a new one. It is a place where magic and heartbreak and the adventures in between come to unified fruition. Writing will always be a marker - allowing me to explore the depths of life knowing I have a path of breadcrumbs to lead me back. As Ray Bradbury so candidly puts it, "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you."
From liens to prayers, Burns reveals the incredible impact of “spiritual economy”, and an economy that is ruled and bound together by religious transactions turns out to be an impressive force.
Being abroad can be difficult: relationships back home change, your perspectives shift, and life almost seems to split in two - "here" and "there", and you don't quite fit in either.
I think it is impossible not to think of suicide at least once. Although if you are anything like Albert Camus, you will want to ask yourself this question every day, and if you are anything like Paloma Josse then you will want to begin the preparations for such an event at your earliest opportunity...
This last blog post has been the hardest one to write. There has been a lot of coming and going in the last month – an overly packed suitcase, a flight to China, a drive to Fayetteville, another flight to America, and the goodbye to a life I created in the cracks of Bangkok’s brick and mortar.
With the new year setting sail into February, it is time for a reminder. It is time to minimize and downsize. Time to take a lesson in the art of living with less. Clear out your closet, declutter your workspace, and find balance in dereliction.
Fayetteville is filled with the wonders of backstage magic. It is this kind of magic that happens subtly and, most often, serendipitously. You end up in the right place at the right time, and suddenly, you are transported through the incantation of the air. You float in the magnitude of cohesion. From four years of exploration, I have created the space in which I fit inside of this town. Here is a perfectly carved cut-out of my experience with its very own backstage magic.